John Bunny plays Santa Claus! Could there ever be any better typecasting?

A young Dolores Costello is the child whose Christmas is made better for her and her poor parents in this heartwarming little Vitagraph one-reeler, released December 24, 1912, directed by Van Dyke Brooke and featuring Rose Tapley, Charles Edwards, Van Dyke Brooke and Julia Swayne Gordon: